Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I searched and searched, and at last the One met me and poured out kindness.
I came empty-handed, with nothing to show and no one behind me — yet the One never held my mistakes against me.
Setting my faults aside, I was given a full, settled peace. It is simply the One's nature to make hearts clean again.
I heard how tenderly the One loves those who reach out. So I grabbed hold and would not let go, and found that same One filling every heart.
I found an ocean of peace with the most natural ease. The old aches of coming and going melted away.
The One took Nanak by the hand, and now the Name is woven through my heart like a garland I always wear.
After a long search, the One met me and did not count my faults.
Khojat khojat parabh milay: searching and searching, I met the One. The verse says nirgun neech anaath: without merit, lowly, with no one to lean on. Read it as coming empty-handed, not as putting yourself down.
Birad means the One's own nature. It is simply the One's way to make hearts clean. Bhagat vachhal means the One who loves devotees. Hearing that, the singer grabs the anchlo, the edge of the robe, and holds on. Think of a small child in a crowd holding tight to a parent's coat.
Raam naam ur haaray: the Name worn like a garland in the heart. The Chhant ends here, in lasting closeness.
What would it feel like to be fully accepted, mistakes and all?
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